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Lucky Seven: 'Elemental New Mexico' — Land of Enchantment on display at Las Cruces Museum of Art

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02/28/2013 05:07:54 AM MST

"Elemental New Mexico," an exhibition of works in a variety of media, continues through the first week of April at the Las Cruces Museum of Art.

The landscape of New Mexico is the inspiration for this Museum of Art invitational. The exhibition includes work by New Mexico artists Bill Gilbert, Diane McGregor, Brian Kluge, Nolan Winkler, Anthony Howell and Michael Berman. The Dan Lambert Trio will perform during the first Friday Ramble.

Gilbert's video installation "Walk to Work" was inspired by his decision to make a 50-mile hike to his office at the University of New Mexico instead of driving. The abstract oil paintings of McGregor that comprise her "Earth and Light" are "minimalist meditations upon the landscape, the light, and the elements." Kluge's presses clay into varying molds to create non-representational sculptures in "(un)structured." The prints in Winkler's "Biographical Evidence" suggest the quiet and closeness of the natural world and produces an inner peace. In "Genre Photography of the Southwest" Howell magnificently captures the vastness of the Chihuahuan Desert. "Gila," Berman's presentation of black and white photographs, reflects his way of looking at terrain "as a puzzle that is produced for the imagination."

The Museum of Art is at 491 N. Main St., next to the Branigan Cultural Center and the Museum of Nature & Science. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For information about the exhibition and educational programs, call 575-541-2137 or visit www.

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